Breathe and Relax

The epitome of suspense. Pass or fail. That is graduation year, or grade 12, as the mindless students of a prison resembling school would call it. A year filled with struggles, stress, and the over dramatic scenes that plague the halls. Princess Margret Secondary School, or "Maggie", if you will, is my high school that I will be graduating from in the coming months, and it suffers from these defects. Through years of trial and error, I have concluded that stress is the leading factor of kids not enjoying school. Fret not my readers, for I have a mild solution to slide by the year without feeling the stress. The secret is...stop caring. Yes, stop caring, the simplest, yet, apparently hardest thing to do. While this technique is not for everyone (WARNING: involves the ability to remember specific details from no memorization tactics), but it has worked marvels for me. I tend to exercise this by not doing math homework and overall not trying to exceed in any subject that doesn't fit in my post secondary future. This was my greatest accomplishment in the testing of the theory. While not doing math homework but acing tests, I took off a load of stress off my chest and it gave me the time to relax in my day. You can call me an underachiever, lazy, or any other reference that depicts me as a person that doesn't care to do the work; and you wouldn't be far off. I do not apply myself in subjects i do not believe will benefit me. I actually like doing math, but I do not see math in my near future. That being said, I urge all students to not get caught up with the stresses and the repetitiveness of school. Stop, take a breath and enjoy what time you have as a youth in today's world.